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Here’s Why Employees Should Pay More Attention to Their Health Insurance Costs
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Here’s Why Employees Should Pay More Attention to Their Health Insurance Costs

Here’s how much employer-sponsored health insurance costs have soared…and what you can do about it.

How Much Single-Payer Health Care Would Really Cost
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How Much Single-Payer Health Care Would Really Cost

Medicare for All, the idea that the government pays for health care, is gaining steam. But how much would it really cost? Or save? Here are the numbers.

Open-Enrollment Alert: Use New Medicare Advantage Plans To Avoid a Nursing Home
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Open-Enrollment Alert: Use New Medicare Advantage Plans To Avoid a Nursing Home

New 2019 Medicare Advantage plans, which supplement Medicare, can now cover home health aides—even portable wheelchair ramps. Are they worth the money?

Health Insurance Gets Even Trickier
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Health Insurance Gets Even Trickier

If you don’t have the right health insurance, a serious illness can put you in the poor house. Here’s what to watch out for during open enrollment…

Don’t Let Soaring Medical Costs Catch You By Surprise
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Don’t Let Soaring Medical Costs Catch You By Surprise

If you through your employer or a policy you bought directly, your costs have soared. But the more you know about those costs, the more you can plan.

Be Smart with Your Medicare Options
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Be Smart with Your Medicare Options

When it comes to Medicare, you’ve got some options. Here’s what to consider, and when you might want to make changes to your current plan.

Answers to Tricky Questions about Health Savings Accounts
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Answers to Tricky Questions about Health Savings Accounts

A little-noticed portion of the failed health-care bill introduced by House Republicans in March would have dramatically expanded the benefits of…

How a New Health-Care Law Could Affect You
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How a New Health-Care Law Could Affect You

A proposed replacement for the Affordable Care Act ­(Obamacare) would have a big impact on what Americans who buy health insurance…

Health Insurance Alert If You Work Past 65
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Health Insurance Alert If You Work Past 65

Two-thirds of baby boomers plan to work past age 65—the age at which they become eligible for Medicare—according to a…

Avoid These 5 Big Medicare Mistakes
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Avoid These 5 Big Medicare Mistakes

Medicare beneficiaries often make costly mistakes during the annual year-end “open enrollment” period during which they are allowed to make…

Medicare Advantage Trap
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Medicare Advantage Trap

When Americans become Medicare eligible, typically at age 65, they can choose to enroll in a Medicare Advantage plan, which…

Health Insurance Traps to Avoid
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Health Insurance Traps to Avoid

This fall, it is especially important to check your health insurance coverage. That’s because in 2017 most premiums are going…

Win Your Insurance Denial
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Win Your Insurance Denial

Until a few years ago, if your health insurer denied a claim, it was complicated and frustrating to fight the…

Health Insurance Alert If You Work Past 65
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Health Insurance Alert If You Work Past 65

Two-thirds of baby boomers plan to work past age 65—the age at which they become eligible for Medicare—according to a…

Wow! Insurance Pays for This…
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Wow! Insurance Pays for This…

My friend just received a 40% discount on a fitness watch. And after a dental procedure, he paid nothing for…